What's new at cdRoots?
New titles, plus recently added classics and restocks

Click on the images or titles to read more, and in most cases, hear a few sound samples.
Click here to listen to some songs in Real Audio while you browse the catalog.

New section: GlobalPop - Modern music from out there

Stev For Dagen - Kirsten Bråten Berg, Astri Rysstad, Kari Rolfsen - 20.99 A true Norwegian folk singing primer, this is a CD and a beautifully illustrated 150 page book (in Norwegian only) with 365 traditional Norwegian folk songs (stev), one for each day of the year. The folk songs are mostly originated in the 18th century and are presented together with the art work of Kari Rolfsen, a Norwegian illustrator, painter and sculptor. Come Home - Annbjørg Lien and Bjørn Ole Rasch - 17.99 With Lien on fiddle, hardanger fiddle and nyckelharpa (and a bit of vocal) and Rasch playing harmonium, the duo offers both traditional and original material on this 2010 release. Langt Ute - Geitungen - 17.99 Geitungen presents tunes that were once popular with party-goers in the hinterland of Rogaland county, tunes that were dance-floor favourites – the hits of yesteryear. Geitungen play the tunes in the rhythmic old style. The three musicians’ fiddles, melodeon, mandolin, hardanger fiddle, mandola and guitars make an expression that is straightforward and the music ranges from cosy, warm mazurka to hot-headed hopsars and plaintive waltzes, sometimes with elements of more contemporary popular music styles in the arrangements. Hibernation - Terje Isungset - 17.99 The 2009 edition of the Norwegian percussionist's "all ice" music, performed on ephemeral instruments made of ice. With Sara Marielle Gaup, Peter Paelinck, Eilif Gundersen Winter Songs - Terje Isungset - 17.99 The 2010 recording of the Norwegian percussionist's "all ice" music, performed on instruments made of ice such as ice horn, ice percussion, glass harmonica. With vocalist Lena Nymark, Sidsel Walstad on 'ice harp', Nils Økland on ice hardanger fiddle, and many others. The whole series is completely unique and highly recommended! Imagine Africa - various - 18.99 I do not go in for too many compilations, but this one stands out for its unique set of musicians and its collaborative spirit. East African artists from Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar offer music both traditional and modern, recordings made with care and respect for both the tradition and audio quality. Artistsinclude Witnesz, Bizmana Ntavoyo, Maryam Said Hamdun, Mahsein Ally, Anania Ngoriga, Nakite, and Bob Rudala from Tanzania, as well as Olith Ratego, Susana Owiyo, K'Odhialo, Ogoya Nengo, Katana Bin Kalama, Bismilahi Gargar, and Makadem from Kenya. Listen to Witnesz, Olith Batego and Suzanna Owiyo. Rosco - Roger Tallroth and Scott Nygaard - 16.99 Swedish guitarist Tallroth (of Vasen) and American guitarist Nygaard pair off on a trans-Atlantic set of new and traditional tunes, occasionally accompanied by American fiddler Emma Reid. Highly recommended! Listen to "Roger's Rough" and "Rough Crossing." Mot Hagsätra - Mikael Marin and Mia Gustafsson - 18.99 Mia (Gustafsson) Marin is a Swedish fiddler from Värmland, in the western part of Sweden. Mikael marin is the well known member of the folk trio Vasen, as well as a respected viola soloist who has played with other ensembles from around the world. Here they perform together, in both traditional styles as well as on original tunes by themselves and friends like Antti Jarvela áššogáttis (by the embers) - Sofia Jannock - 17.99 The Swedish Sami singer will bring a number of references to mind, from the energy of Varttina to the jazzy sophistication of lena Willemark. But ultimately, she can stand on her own. This is her second recording, and its mix of sami roots, pop and jazz has many moods, from pure pop to complex new music. A fine singer, a great band and a willingness to experiement make this one well worth your consideration. Give her a listen. French Cafe Music - Daniel Colin, Dominique Cravic, Claire Elzière - 18.99 An audio-postcard of the golden days of Paris. The legacy of French song that you could once hear (or so the legends go) in Parisian cafés or on the street as you strolled along the banks of the Seine, is lovingly and stylishly presented by Dominique Cravic (Les Primitifs du Futur) on guitar, Daniel Colin on accordion and featuring atmospheric vocals by Claire Elzière. Manuia! - Ukulele Club de Paris - 18.99 The mysterious Ukulele Club de Paris brings many different ingredients to the musical stew: the music of the South Seas, a healthy dose of jazz, some serious instrumental dexterity, a vaguely demented sense of humor and much more. This music is as hard to categorize as it is pleasure to hear. Utterly charming and highly recommended. Marchez Noir - Amazigh - 18.99 Guimbri player, protest singer and music maker Amazigh Kateb is the son of noted Algerian writer and poet Kateb Yacine. Amazigh's name may be familiar to some listeners as he was the front man for the band Gnawa Diffusion. With his new band, Kateb takes his unique Gnawa fusion style in new directions with twelve tracks rich in lyrics calling for love, laughter and resistance. Lapus Song - Grigore Lese - 17.99 Grigore Lese's album carries on the traditional singing of Lapus country, in the region of Maramures of Hungary. It features long song, throat singing Christmas carols and songs connected to agricultural and herding cycles or social life. Polyphonic Chants of Corsica - E Voce di u Comune - 11.99 Nicely priced colletion of Corsican vocal music, great for a first exploration of this wonderful regional style. Musique Arabo-Andalouse - Atrium Musicae, Paniagua - 11.99 Mid-priced collection of music from the Medieval Spanish/Arab intersection, in a collection of 24 traditional songs conducted by Gregorio Paniagua La Tarantella: Antidotum Tarantulae - Lucilla Galeazzi, Marco Beasley,L'Arpeggiata and Christina Pluhar - 18.99 New SACD Edition (2010) - A fascinating, original crossover of folk and classical, with the musicians of the Renaissance ensemble L'Arpeggiata joining the illustrious singers Galeazzi and Beasley, performed on modern and ancient instruments including chitarra battente, lutes, harp, psaltry. With Alfio Antico, Eero Palviainen, Marcello Vitale and many other fine musicians. (This SACD edition includes one additional track not on the original release) Shouka - Mariem Hassan - 15.99 New for 2010 - Mariem Hassan sings with entrancing intimacy and poetry, in a clear message calling for all to fight injustice, discrimination and persecution. All of these new songs have been developed in a close complicity with the poet Lamin Allal and the guitarist, Lamgaifri Brahim. Although very young, he has masered all the subtleties of haul music. And Mariem, with the lack of a appropriate Saharaui guitarist overthe last years, was inspired to finally realize all the songs she has been carrying in her heart for so many years. The CD also contains innovative new ideas: the title song "Shouka" is a cantata developed by using all scales and rhythms of the Haul. The essence of the traditional haul is impressively kept by Vadiya Mint el Hanevi, percussionist, chorus and dance, Lamgaifri Brahim, guitar, Mariem Hassan herself , with the important cooperation of poet Lamin Allal. Tentenelaire - Contradanza - 17.99 2010 release by the Sevillian ensemble continues their mission to create new folk-roots from Andalusia. Departe De Casa - Formatia Valea Mare - 16.99 This group of Roma (Gypsy) musicians in France (flugelhorn, trumpet, e flat clarinet, b flat clarinet, baritone horn, tuba) have recorded a stunning set of pieces in an old Church in Orleans. High energy, great music and brilliantly recorded sound. Listen Jamu - Massimo Ferrante - 18.99 On his second 'solo' recording, Ferrante explores again the Sicilian, Calabrian, Apulian and Campanian folk song-book, re-inventing it from a modern viewpoint, recontructing but never changing its heart. His guides are always the roots of the folk music and poetry of the region: Rosa Balistrieri, Otello Profazio, Ignazio Buttitta. On Jamu he is joined by a small, tight band of accordion, bass, guitars, tamburi and clarinet. W Jan D’L’Eiretto - Lou Dalfin - 17.99 Originally released in 1992 Listen Gibous, Bagase e Bandi - Lou Dalfin - 17.99 Originally released in 1995 Listen Radio Occitania Libra - Lou Dalfin and Sustraia - 17.99 Live concert recording originally released in 1997 Listen Ceremony - Omar Sosa and NDR Bigband - 17.99 A major new work by pianist-composer Omar Sosa, a big-band collaboration with composer-arranger-cellist Jaques Morelenbaum, Hamburg's 18-piece NDR Bigband, and the Omar Sosa Quartet, featuring Julio Barreto (drums), Childo Tomas (electric bass), and Marcos Ilukán (Afro-Cuban percussion) with Sosa on piano and marimba. Morelenbaum's amazing arrangements of selections from Sosa's repetoire give them new meaning. It also acknowledges the majesty of the legendary Afro-Cuban big bands of Frank "Machito" Grillo, Chico O'Farrill and Dizzy Gillespie, while extending those revered traditions in a contemporary salute to the expansive universe of global jazz. Highly Recommended! Herencia - Harold Lopez-Nussa Trio - 17.99 A remarkable young jazz trio led by a rising pianist with roots in Cuba and France. 24-year-old Harold López-Nussa was born into a Cuban musical dynasty - the nephew of famous pianist Ernan López-Nussa and the son of drummer Ruy López-Nussa. He is known for his piano work as part of Omara Portuondo's band, and the lead female singer of the Buena Vista Social Club makes a guest appearance on this recording. López-Nussa fronts a trio comprised of bassist Felipe Cabrera (a member of Gonzalo Rubalcaba's band) and a marvelous drummer, his younger brother Ruy Adrian López-Nussa. This gets my highest recommendation for anyone into jazz or Latin music of any kind. Fotheringay 2 - Fotheringay - 16.99 The 2nd release for UK folk-rock legends Fotheringay, including all members Sandy Denny, Pat Donaldson, Trevor Lucas, Gerry Conway, and Jerry Donahue. These are the original recordings from 1970. Fotheringay lasted less than a year, and released just one album. Now, the that debut album are joined by the eleven that would have constituted the follow-up. They broke up during the recording sessions for their second album but all the tapes survived. Thirty-eight years later, the surviving members have mixed all the material to finally complete the album. African Woodoo - Manu Dibango - 17.99 Unearthing the world music vaults, these tracks were recorded between 1971 and 1975 by Manu Dibango for cinema, television or advertising. They have never been released on disc. The official information is missing but Dibango recalls that his Parisian band then comprised Jacques Bolognesi, Ivan Julien, François Jeanneau and Slim Pezin. On the sides cut in New York, you will find prestigious guests like Buster Williams and Cedar Walton and Tony Williams. Ass, Mass and Pap - Djanbutu Thiossane - 15.99 Senegalese trio of singers Ass, Mass and Pap N'Diaye with a small ensemble Abrecaminos - Maria Salgado - 17.99 María Salgado returns to her Castillian roots, mixing them with Eastern and Sephardic elements and new compositions in a splendid work of delicate turns and elegant musical arrangements, embossed with the peacefulness of Bierzo. After the Big Rain - Avishai Cohen - 14.99 Alternately moody and joyous, richly atmospheric yet beat-driven, the album features trumpet player Avishai Cohen with some of his most esteemed peers: Lionel Loueke on guitar and vocals, Jason Lindner on keyboards, Omer Avital on bass and Daniel Freedman on drums and percussion. The music is texturally rich, full of heated improvisation, group interplay and the kind of funky, internationalist flavor for which Avishai has become known. Vasen Street - Vasen - 13.99 The Swedish acoustic trio celebrates 20 years together with 16 tracks of all original new tunes. Includes "The Late Waltz", "Yoko", "Rob's Polska", "Absolute Swedish", more. Cote D'Ivoire: West African Crossroads - various (African Pearls) - 28.99 A fantastic double CD with 33 pearls recorded in Ivory Coast between 1966 and 1985. Artists include Ernesto Djédjé, Bailly Spinto and Amédée Pierre capture another aspect of the Golden Age of West African music. Francophonic, Vol. 2: 1980-1989 - Franco and TPOK Jazz - 23.99 2 CDs - Volume 2 of the stunning Stern's collection of the Congolese master's work. Essential! Steel Skies - Alistair Anderson - 19.99 Reissue of a classic Topic recording comprises a suite for traditional instruments led by his concertina and Northumbrian pipes, along with flutes, mandolins, and fiddles. Both Sides Then - Peter Bellamy - 19.99 A 2009 reissue of his traditional solo album from 1979, drawing upon English, Irish, and Appalachian influences. With The Watersons, Dave Swarbrick, and Louis Killen. Essential and highly recommended! Til trøst (Comfort me) - Iver Kleive and Aage Kvalbein - 18.99 Using the Steinway grand piano in the Kulturkirken Jakob and a cello, two of Norways greatest musicians have dug deep into the world of melancholy. Kvalbein and Kleive take the listener on a journey through musical gems from classical music, traditional folk songs and well-loved ballads. Kryss - Færd, Dørge, Becker and Hjetland - 16.99 A Faroese-Danish band, with a bit of Swedish and Norwegian tossed in, Kryss is a cooperation of the band Færd (Jens Ulvsand, Eskil Romme and Peter Ulbrand), Pierre Dørge, Irene Becker and singer Jullie Hjetland. Based in the Faeroe islands, the sextet presents a combination of traditional songs, originals and odd global fusions like a Scandinavian/Kurdish crossover. Each song is a revelation and a surprise. Låtar - Swedish Folk Tunes - Johan Hedin and Gunnar Idenstam - 18.99 Back in stock: Gunnar Idenstam, organ and Johan Hedin, nyckelharpa, play tunes, reels and other dances in eighteenth-century late Baroque style, a waltz tinged with the Spanish Renaissance, a dance from Italy and a number of original compositions. A unique combination and a unique recording. (Hybrid CD/SACD) Mediterranea - Alla Francesca Trio - temp out of stock-17.99 16 medieval songs and dances. Ever since antiquity, the shores of the Mediterranean have assembled men and women who share a cultural heritage with multiple resonances. Brigitte Lesne, well-known to lovers of medieval music, and Carlo Rizzo, a specialist in the traditional songs of the Italian peninsula, create contrasts enhanced by the use of early instruments as well as those associated with the traditional repertory to produce a lively, colorful whole that sets the imagination vibrating. Brigitte Lesne: vocals, medieval harp, gothic harp, percussion; Pierre Hamon: recorders, bansuri, flutes, tambour, cornemuse; Carlo Rizzo: tammorra, tamburello, tambourines, vocals Spektakel - Spektakel - temp out of stock-16.99 This Danish ensemble plays seriously crooked music inspired by traditional folk music from the Nordic countries to the Balkans, medieval ballads, moonstruck poetry and with a pinch of rock'n'roll, performed on a hodgepodge of instruments including guitar, nyckelharpa, cello, recorder, mandolin, Hungarian hurdy-gurdy, Australian didgeridoo, double bass, violin and percussion. Last but not least, the vocals are strong, expressive and up front.

La Veillée imaginaire: Airs populaires harmonisés, de Chopin à Canteloube - Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Françoise Masset, François Lazarevitch - 17.99 The composers of the 19th and 2th centuries were often passionate about popular musical traditions. Joseph Canteloube (1879-1957), Maurice Emmanuel (1862-1938), or Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894) who said from himself: « I rhythm my music with my ‘Auvergnat's clogs » gave tribute to those popular melodies, by harmonising them with creativity, taste and respect. Listen Soot - Boot - 18.99 Boot is Hållbus Totte Mattsson (mandora, Baroque lute, from hedningarna), Ola Bäckström (violin, bouzouki, well known fiddler and member of Swap) and Samuel Andersson (percussion, hurdy-gurdy, octave violin; from Hedningarna, Godrun), three well respected Swedish musicians who are familiar with tradition in a powerful new trio recording. Rosa i Botnen (CD and DVD) - Knut Hamre and Benedicte Maurseth - 19.99 A CD and DVD set of traditional hardangar music from Norway, performed by a group of some of the country's best musicians: Nils Økland (Hardanger Fiddle, Fiddle, Viola D'amore), Benedicte Maurseth (Hardanger Fiddle), Knut Hamre (Hardanger Fiddle), Håkon Mørch (Percussion) and Sigbjørn Apeland (Organ). Napoletana - Enzo Avitabile - 17.99 On this 2009 recording, Avitabile reconnects with simplicity to the sources of sounds; work-songs and villanelle, songs that are unedited, unfiltered, etched in the cement of the city, with eyes fixed on the past and a heart that breathes in the scent of the future. Avitabile always creates new music born from an old art, full of feeling and always innovative. Listen Kapten Bölja - Kapten Bolja - 17.99 The Swedish trio Tomas "Limpan" Lindberg, Johanna Bölja Hertzberg, Ola Hertzberg play newly composed folk music for voices, nyckelharpa, bouzouki, kantele and guitar. Listen to "O Tysta Ensamhet" and "Nacken forfor Jungfrau." Om Mikaelidagen - Kongero - 18.99 Four Swedish singers - Josefin Peters, Emma Björling, Lovisa Liljeberg and Emma Ludvigson - present songs aold and new for voices only, bringing, as they say it, "traditional Swedish music from out of the past and into the present. Kongero perform their music with dignity, warmth and humour." Listen to "Kringkringlat" and "Konge-ro." Panic Grass and Fever Few - Ian King - 16.99 They mix English traditional song with a very contemporary sound palate. Working with the acclaimed On-U sound crew - Adrian Sherwood and Skip 'Little Axe' McDonald - has enabled King to bring a new and exciting perspective to the songs of Old England.King supplies lead vocals, guitar, banjo and mandolin, joined by percussion and brass for a unique sound. Listen to Death And The Lady and Four Loom Weaver Live, Love, Larf and Loaf - French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson - 16.99 First released in 1987, this collaboration between four experimental world-class master musicians is one of my all time favorite odd-ball pop recordings. John French - original drummer with Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, Fred Frith - founder of the art-rock ensemble Henry Cow, Henry kaiser - innovative experimental guitarist and composer and Richard Thomspon - singer-songwriter and founding member of Fairport Convention. "A oddball delight from four truly gifted musicians" said the NY Timesthe New York Times. This carefully re-mastered and packaged edition adds four previously unreleased live tracks. Listen to Wings a la Mode and the classic and bizarre Okinawan hit revisted, Hai Sai Oji-San Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970s Nigeria - VA - 16.99 The fourth edition in the Soundway Nigeria Special series. It was Fela Kuti and his musical and political ideals that formed the core of afrobeat's message. Blending highlife, Yoruba music, funk and jazz, Fela dominated the musical tapestry of 1970s Nigeria and his influence in Nigeria and West Africa led to a craze where most of the bands of the day incorporated this new sound into their repertoires to satisfy the tastes of the audiences of the time. This compilation highlights some of those recordings that have, until now, not seen the light of day, including a never-on-CD 45 single by Fela. Nigeria Special Volume 2: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds and Nigerian Blues 1970-6 - VA (allow one week for shipment) - 16.99 Features tracks that have been forgotten or out of print for nearly 35 years, but have since been tracked down and documented, including highlife to Juju and Nigerian blues in the languages of Yoruba, Igbo, Bini and Ijaw and a peppering of "Afro" experimentation. Desbarates - Hexacorde: & Vanesa Muela - 17.99 "Traditional tunes and songs largely from central Spain including corrido, ronda, romance, ajechao, titos, seguidillas and mudanza, interpreted on flute, clarinet, guitar, bass guitar, percussion, the shrill Castilian shawm dulzaina and more, by instrumental sextet joined by singer Muela." - Andrew Cronshaw, fRoots Deria - Mara Aranda and Solatge - 17.99 Dèria is a new project by former L'Ham de Foc singer Aranda and instrumentalist Eduard Navarro (dolzaine, nyckelharpa, hurdy-gurdy), and also includes folks with connections to the now defunct group including Josep-Maria Ribelles (celtic harp) , Manolo López (double bass) and Jota Martinez (bouzouki, hurdy gurdy, tambourin mallorqui, renaissance guitar). El caballero de Habana - El Curi - 14.99 The romance between Cuba and Spanish singer Antonio Curiel (El Curi) remains untouched - ever in love with the island, El Curi naturally turned himself into El Caballero de La Habana expressing all his troubles with the city of his passion. El Curi recorded the entire CD in Cuba with Cuban musicians. This CD is a love song with a sweet Habanera rhythm. 'El Curi's is the wry, knowing gaze of an aging anti-imperialist hipster, wounded romantic and Santería convert, reflecting upon desperate love and the inexorable contradictions of daily life in his beloved Havana. El Curi is at home with the island and its music, and (unlike many come-lately musical tourists) has the good sense to allow his collaborators to do what they do best as he tells his own story.' - RootsWorld Música i cants sefardís d'Orient i Occident - Aman Aman - 17.99 Mara Aranda and Efrén López of the well-received Spanish ensemble L'ham de Foc have brought together a number of musicians to explore Sephardic music under the name of Amán Amán. They maintain their forward vision on these tracks, as they traverse Sephardic turf in Greece, Turkey, the Balkans and Spain. Deus et diabolus - Al Andaluz Project - 17.99 The Spanish/Sephardic musicians of L'ham de Foc join Estampie, a German group known for its dedication to medieval music, in a recording made at the Dominican monastery of La Cartuja de Cazalla, near Sevilla and explore medieval Sephardic, Arabic, and Christian traditions. Western Sahara: Remixing Saharaui - Hugo Westerdahl - 14.99 CD includes the soundtrack of the film La Puerta Del Sahara as well as remixes and rarities of Saharaui music. Hugo Westerdahl: arrangements, keyboard, guitar Mariem Hassan: vocals Baba Salama: electric & acoustic guitar Nayim Alal: guitar, vocals Leyoad: percussion, vocals Hababa: vocals Alberto Gambino: accordion, keyboard Patxi Pascual: saxophone & flute Josete Ordoñez: flamenco guitar Pablo Salinas: piano Estou Vivindo No Ceo - Uxia - 16.99 Available again: Uxía Senlle is one of my favorite singers from Spain, and this is my favorite of her many wonderful recordings. She reinterprets songs from Portugal and Galicia with spirit and style, delivering them with a voice of incomparable power and grace. Highly Recommended! Out of Time and Country - Rosenberg, Deslignes, Descamps, Gomar - 16.99 A collaboration between musicians from France and Sweden looking to find common ground in their repsective folk and medieval music traditions. Susanne Rosenberg: vocals; Christophe Deslignes: organetto; Jean-Lou Descamps: medieval fiddle, tambura; Thierry Gomar: percussion - Listen fi de l'eau - la bergere - 17.99 Back in stock: The second recording by la bergère is again a poetic vision, created by the trio of Sylvie Berger (voice), Julien Biget (guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, percussion, voice), and Emmanuel Pariselle (accordion diatonique, concertina, flute, voice), joined by a wonderful list of guests including Gilles Chabenat, Gabriel Yacoub and Alain Bruel. Highly recommended, as was their first! I never played too many posh dances (2 CDs) - Scan Tester - temp out of stock-20.99 2 CD set, 55 track release from this traditional concertina player from the 1960s and early '70s. Classic material, essential listening and highly recommended Vital - Fernando Otero - 16.99 Argentine pianist, composer and bandleader Fernando Otero’s new album for World Village, Vital, is a meditative yet emotionally refractive set of eleven modern chamber music pieces, redolent of new-style tango, twentieth century atonality, sharp-edged downtown jazz, and other sounds Otero picked up at home and on his travels. The opening duet for piano and violin, "Nocturno," is a limping waltz that appears to depict an insomniac’s midnight musings; it leads seamlessly into two succeeding yet unrelated movements. "Siderata," scored for six players including a bandonéon, Argentina’s emblematic squeezebox, is an exercise in stillness, like the uneasy peace that so often precedes a difficult decision. "La Abundancia," another duet, is roundly, ripely melodic; but the wryly titled "Reforma Mental" is scored for eight players and from its opening keyboard arpeggios, depicts a dialogue between voices in conflict, with scampering piano runs periodically overwhelmed by groaning, overbearing horns. Between them, the violin and bandonéon achieve a small universe of sonic color on "Noche Illuminata," while "Fin de Revision" contradicts its title by continuing to mutate and evolve until the final, wheezing exhalation. Listen I Speak Fula - Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba - 14.99 Malian maestro Bassekou Kouyate is a virtuoso picker and musical visionary whose work blurs the lines between West African and American roots music. Bassekou's instrument, the ngoni, is a 'spike lute' and an ancestor of the banjo, sharing its taut-skinned drum body, percussive attack, and varied picking techniques. Since 2005, Bassekou has led Ngoni Ba, the first-ever group built around not one but four ngonis, all played by members of his family. Bassekou's longtime friend and booster Lucy Duran (a BBC radio host, record producer, and Mande music scholar) produced the band's debut, Segu Blue. These 11 tracks provide a star-studded tour of pan-Malian music, including collaborations with Toumani Diabate, griot vocal legend Kasse Mady Diabate, master of the horse-hair soku fiddle Zoumana Tereta, and guitar phenomenon Vieux Farka Toure. Listen Segu Blue - Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba - 15.99 The first solo album from the Malian ngoni player (orignally released in 2007). Ngoni is the Bambara name for an ancient traditional lute found throughout West Africa that is plucked with the thumb, much like a 5-stringed banjo.Ngoni Ba is Mali's first ngoni quartet and features artists Kassemady Diabate, Lobi Traore, Lassana Diabate and singer Zoumana Tereta. Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk and Fusion in 70's Ghana - VA - 16.99 14 rare and unreleased tracks from Sweet Talks, African brothers, Black Star Sound, Ebo Taylor, and many others. Ghana Soundz is a painstakingly assembled collection of Afro-beat and Afro Funk, most of which has never been released outside of Africa and some of which is unreleased anywhere. This package will also appeal to collectors as it includes a full 16 page booklet highlighting the history of the Ghana recording industry and reproductions of original LP sleeves Panama! Latin, Calypso and Funk on the Isthmus 1965-75 - VA - 16.99 Panama played host to many musicians from across the Caribbean to South America, laying down some of the best Latin, funk and calypso ever recorded. The Exciters, Victor Boa and Lord Cobra are heard once again. Panama occupies a unique place both geographically and culturally within Central America and the Caribbean. The CD presents a broad range of styles that run parallel to the development of soul and funk music in the US and the nascent salsa sound emerging from Miami, Cali and Baranquilla. The album covers heavy Latin descargas, raw calypsos, deep funk sounds and Caribbean soul, all unavailable since they were first issued in tiny numbers thirty years ago. All tracks have been carefully licensed and re-mastered and sound as vibrant and relevant today as the day they were released. CD l comes packed with in-depth liner notes, original cover scans and contemporary photos. Panama! 3 - Calypso Panameño, Guajira Jazz and Cumbia Típica on the Isthmus 1960–75 - VA - 16.99 "Volume Three is the best volume so far." says Charlie Gillet. Co-editors Roberto Gyemant and Miles Cleret are joined by Will "Quantic" Holland showcase more of the unique tropical music created in Panama in the fertile decades of the 1960s and 1970s. Panama is the thin, tropical bridge that connects North and South America, and is home to three million culturally-diverse people; its music is a soulful blend of Latin American, Caribbean, European and indigenous forms. From bilingual calypsos to guajira jazz, from tropical guarachas to cumbia tamboreras, Panamanian musicians fearlessly combined and brilliantly executed styles that reflected their multicultural environment during a turbulent time in the young country's history. This collection presents more of the golden age of Panamanian music and the music of the combos nacionales on rare recordings that have never been released outside the isthmus until now. I Can See The Gates Of Heaven… - Marta Sebestyen - 17.99 Well known for her important work with Muszikás, Hungarian singer Márta Sebestyén sings songs personally chosen from the extensive Hungarian folk and religious repertoire - songs that have close personal resonance for her and that reflect the proud cultural heritage of the Carpathians. The musicians accompanying her are two of Hungary’s finest - Balazs Dongo Sokolay on bagpipes, flutes, saxophone and tarogato and Matyas Bolya on lute and zither. In the informative sleeve notes, Sebestyén introduces the album and the background to each song, and leading Hungarian folklorist Ferenc Szabó provides further detail. Listen À L'ombre des Mots (CD and DVD) - Le Trio Joubran - 19.99 In The Shadow Of The Words features the CD and DVD recordings of Le Trio Joubran's September 19, 2008 concert at the Cultural Palace in Ramallah, Palestine, on the memorial day of Mahmoud Darwich, forty days after his death. The trio comments: “Mahmoud Darwich was as sensitive to the notes of our ouds as our ears and hearts to his poetry. We accompanied him in more than thirty shows in Europe and the Arab world. The last one was in France, in Arles, this beautiful city where we decided to begin a common work and where our music would accompany the variations of his voice, in strength and weakness, certainty and doubt, life and death...When he passed away, we decided to realize this project and the accompanying became a tribute…The first was in Ramallah, where his voice reached us, strong, dominant, and flew over our tears and the suffering of Palestine... and who better than Darwich can honour Darwich himself, absent and yet so present.” Listen Sweet Sweet Jamaica - Gilzene & The Blue Light Mento Band - 17.99 Debut from a group from remote areas of Jamaica has a sound that retains the unpolished quality of mento at its most genuine In the best mento tradition, the fifteen songs cover a range of topics, featuring folk favourites, suggestive ditties and songs examining the finer points of human relationships. Audiences may already be familiar with songs such as ‘Wings Of A Dove,’ once adapted in ska by Bob Marley, ‘Brown Girl In The Ring,’ a children’s ring game song adapted in disco by Boney M, ‘Dream Of Me,’ a big hit for Mac and Katie Kissoon in the mid-1970s, and the oft-versioned ‘Sly Mongoose,’ which references radical religious leader Alexander Bedward. Similarly, the group tackles mento classics such as the suggestive ‘Hold Him Joe,’ ‘Goosey’ (aka ‘Gungu Walk’) and ‘Water Your Garden’ with considerable aplomb, and there are also fine renditions of the ring game songs ‘Hill And Gully Rider’ and ‘Emmanuel Road,’ joined as a mini medley, as well as the heartbroken ‘Come Back Liza.’ ‘Jammin Tonight,’ which exhorts the listeners to join in the mento party, adapts a traditional number known as ‘You Safe,’ while in contrast, ‘10,000 Years’ adapts a bible hymn within the language and symbolism of the Rastafari faith. The originals are equally captivating: the ballad ‘Crying’ relates a riverside tale of seeking to give comfort in times of hardship and distress, while ‘Honey And Honeycomb’ has Lanford pledging eternal devotion to his sweetheart; ‘Sweet Sweet Jamaica’ naturally expresses the enduring appeal of the island for visitors. Perhaps most notable of all, the band’s adaptation of Toots and the Maytals’ much loved ‘Sweet And Dandy’ recasts the reggae hit as a mento country stomp, with none other than Toots himself contributing the vibrant harmonica. Listen A Night in Berlin - BalkanBeats - 18.99 Robert Soko has been throwing parties in Berlin since 1993. He was the first to coin the term BalkanBeats to try and define his mix of music from the Balkans. BalkanBeats are Serbian Gypsy brass and folk melodies reinterpreted, given electronic beats and blended with western styles such as ska and rock. In the recent past the phenomenon has caught on in other cities around the world where Balkan immigrants live. BalkanBeats parties rave all the way from Frankfurt and Vienna to New York and Melbourne. Robert grew up in Zenica, central Bosnia, listening to western music: rock and roll, punk and ska. In 1990 he left Bosnia for Berlin. He took a job as a taxi driver and started hanging out at the Arcanoa, a punk bar in Berlin's immigrant quarter Kreuzberg with his ex-pat friends. The Arcanoa became their second home. Soko put on his first parties there, playing his Yugo music for fifty German marks and beer for free. He celebrated socialist holidays: Tito's birthday, Day of Women. May First. The parties were a mix of irony and nostalgia and Soko was surprised to see how many people came, as nostalgia for Yugoslav socialism was not the 'in thing' in those days of growing Balkan nationalism. And yet the parties grew. Then something happened. After years of listening and playing western-derived rock, punk and ska, Soko found himself returning to his ethnic Balkan music roots, the roots he had rejected as a youth in Bosnia. This was largely due to two figures, Goran Bregovic and Emir Kusturica. Bregovic who revamped Balkan Gypsy melodies, making Balkan music palatable for a western audience, and Kusturica, for whose Gypsy inspired films Bregovic did the soundtracks. And Soko played new/old Balkan music. And people loved it. Women grooved to it. Guys pogoed to it. It was a sensation. The press took notice. From the Arcanoa, Soko moved onwards and upwards, first to the Mudd Club, then to the Lido, all the while spreading the party fever to other cities around Europe, to New York, L.A., South Africa and Brazil. The enhanced CD features a Slideshow, which takes the viewer through a BalkanBeats night in Berlin with music by Fanfare Ciocarlia. Listen tp Markovic Orchestar | Listen to dunklebunt Nha Sentimento - Cesaria Evora - 17.99 Cesaria ventures further afield than ever before, twisting Arabic musical traditions into bluesy, sinuous compositions from some of Cape Verde’s best songwriters. Paspanga - Burkina Electric - 18.99 Paspanga is the debut album from Burkina Electric, a group of musicians from Africa and Europe led by composer Lukas Ligeti, son of famed Hungarian composer. Their music draws from the tradition and rhythms of Burkina Faso while incorporating contemporary electronic elements. Ligeti explains Burkina Electric's formation by saying, "In the mid-90s, [we made] our first attempts at creating what could be called African electronica. On our travels to Burkina Faso we met the singer Maï Lingani and guitarist Wende Blass. Soon, we invited two dancers to help us draw audiences into our unusual rhythms and celebrate the continent's unseverable connection between music and dance." Devla - Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar - 18.99 Clad in a suave white suit, it's not impossible to imagine why urban legends credit gypsy trumpet king Boban Markovic with getting his homeland out of a recent jam: Markovic's spit-fire precision is rumored to have so seduced Bill Clinton that the saxophone playing president called off the further NATO bombing of Serbia. True or not, one thing is clear: Markovic and his son and prized protégé Marko are the bomb in Balkan brass dance music, harnessing the absolute flexibility of Miles Davis and the cool funk of Herb Alpert in the ultimate expression of their Southern Serbian Rroma roots. Their latest album as the Boban and Marko Markovic Orkestar, Devla: Blown Away to Dancefloor Heaven, flies effortlessly between echoes of the Ottoman Empire and down-and-dirty grooves that would make P-Funk's jaws drop. Listen 1 | Listen 2 Var det du – var det deg? - Kelpie - 17.99 Kerstin Blodig (vocals, acoustic guitar, bouzouki, bodhrán) and Ian Melrose (guitar, low whistles, seljefløyte, vocals, bouzouki, percussion, programming) combine Celtic and Scandinavian roots in a modern context. They are joined by a few other musicians on hardangar fiddle, percussion and bass on various tracks. Tuttipari - ipercussonici - temp out of stock-18.99 The "marranzano", Sicilian for jew's harp is the core of this band from Catania. In this project there is all of Sicily, the ancient Trinacria and the modern island as different rhythms and instruments intertwine with the sound of an electrified jew's harp and the beat of primitive drums. Dum dum and didjeridoo become the drum n' bass for the syncopated, psychedelic raids of the electric jew's harp; tambourine and djembè create African-Sicilian rhythms, with the voice switching between sea and urban chants, serenade and ragamuffin. Sicily is celebrated and criticized with energy, involvement, collectivity and passion. Three Score and Ten: A Voice to the People (US customers only) - various - Topic records - special order A phenomenal self-tribute to one of the world's great record labels. 7 CD set, 144 cuts recognizing Topic's presence as the oldest independent record label in Great Britain. Packaged in a 10" x 10" hardback book filled with full-color illustrated pages depicting the label's story since its inception in 1939 to present day, with complete recording history, essential recording profiles and artists. VERY highly recommended. Three Score and Ten: A Voice to the People (outside of US) - various - Topic records - special order A phenomenal self-tribute to one of the world's great record labels. 7 CD set, 144 cuts recognizing Topic's presence as the oldest independent record label in Great Britain. Packaged in a 10" x 10" hardback book filled with full-color illustrated pages depicting the label's story since its inception in 1939 to present day, with complete recording history, essential recording profiles and artists. VERY highly recommended. Music Of The Apennins - Stefano Valla, Dani Scurati - 16.99 Piffero, accordion and vocals, nothing more. This disc features songs and melodies for listening and dancing. Stéfano Valla and Daniele Scurati present the traditional repertoire for these two instruments. Night Train for Lovers and Thieves - Gypsy Groovz Orchestra - 18.99 At the invitation of Network records, many stars of the legendary Guca Festival got together for a special session. No sooner had they arrived in Guca, than they were all snowed in. For days there was no escape, but sufficient supplies of food and drink were on hand, so the music rolled on. With the assistance of Ekrem Sajdic, the leading authority and oldest band leader among the trumpet players of Guca, a magnificent cast of musicians was assembled featuring no less than seven orchestras. The centerpiece of the album is the 34-minute track "Hot Water Festival" wherein trumpets, tubas, clarinets and saxophones play totally free and exuberant solos to the ancient Roma melodies. The album is a unique document, with lots of photos and text by Guca festival producer Ilija Stankovic. The Broken Tongue - Daniel Kahn and The Painted Bird - 18.99 Kahn and his band concoct a mixture of Klezmer, radical Yiddish song, political cabaret and punk folk, kept together by Kahn's amazing abilities both as a songwriter and a performer; telling stories of outrageous incidents, poetically dark, tragically humorous and politically incorrect. This 2009 release continues their explorations Out Of Sight - Kroke - 18.99 Kroke's new compositions, recorded with the original Trio setup, are charming and playful. Back to the roots? In a way. The loss of the drums means a reinforcement of viola, accordion and bass, coming to the fore (again), equally entitled to and responsible for both melody and rhythm. This 2009 release points out familiar and surprising new facets of Kroke 's musical universe, from Kukurba's oriental-influenced vocal improvisations ("Mecalakuku") to the frisky "Life As It Is" and the frivolous allure of "A Luftmentsch". Kroke's creative power, joining their tradions and their very own view on "Life as it is", is still going strong - and exploring. Glitter and Doom Live - Tom Waits - 16.99 17 selections hand-picked by Waits, from his 2008 tour: 'Trampled Rose', 'Get Behind the Mule', 'Singapore", 'Dirt In The Ground', more. With a typically strange, Waitsian 35-minute bonus disc encompassing an arrangement of between-song banter into a consecutive monologue entitled, 'Tom Tales'. Koder på snor - Valravn - 18.99 The title ("Codes on a string") is inspired by the science of 'string theory' - that all forces and particles in the universe are connected.This second album by the band features original compositions based on tradition. Faroese singer Anna Katrin Egilstrøð still leads with her melancholic and longing Nordic tone as a starting point, and the band (from Denmark, Swizterland and Ecuador, using violins, violas, hurdy-gurdy, percussion and keyboards) offers power and space in fair measure to support her vision and sound. Rosa Resolza - Andrea Parodi And Elena Ledda - 19.99 One of Parodi's final recordings, made just before his death in 2007, featuring Rita Marcotulli, Mauro Palmas, Belentes, Giancluca Corona, Francesco Sotgiu, Andrea Ruggeri, Silvano Lobina, Gigi Marras. Listen to some tracks here Qin: Celestial Music for Qin and Xiao - Deng Hong and Chen Shasha - 18.99 Deng Hong plays a qin from the 13th century. The songs here typically symbolize the tranquillity achieved from closeness to nature and echo the themes of ancient poems. Chen Shasha accompanies on xiao. Includes excellent English notes Kringliga later / Twisted Tunes - Ulf Storling and Roland Keijser - 17.99 Tunes collected from the playing of Snickar Erik Olson, master fiddle of Ovanåker, Hälsingland, performed by Ulf Störling (fiddle) and Roland Keijser (clarinet). Julekvad - Åsne Valland Nordli - 19.99 The Norwegian singer performs Nordic folk songs and traditional European religious songs for the winter holiday and Christmas, with Joakim Friis-Holm (Celtic harp); Arve Henriksen (trumpet); Paolo Vinaccia (percussion) and Elin Ødegaard (vocal improvisation). Starry crowns in heaven - Skruk - 19.99 The Norwegian vocal group performs playful and exciting arrangements of American gospel and spirituals and has enlisted legendary conductor Samuel Carver Davenport from New Orleans to help refine and polish their performance of these songs. All the songs are for choir a cappella, and several arrangements are written by another legend of spirituals, Moses Hogan, a personal friend of Davenport. He writes in a dense and spectacular style, exploiting the many ways language can be used to help the music swing. En stjerne skinner i natt - Oslo Gospel Choir - 19.99 Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the choir recorded in Oslo Concert Hall in December last year, where they gave five concerts to packed houses. This recording radiates the intimate and inspiring Christmas spirit this choir is so renowned for.he recording offers highlights from the choirs repertoire performed at Christmas concerts across Norway over their 20 years, featuring such favourites as "Glade jul" (Holy Night), "Julekveldsvisa" (Ready for Christmas Eve), "O, helga natt" (O Holy Night), Go Tell It On The Mountain, "En stjerne skinner i natt" (A Star Is Shining Tonight), written by the choir conductor Tore W. Aas, and "Mariavise" (Marys Song), written by Aas and Erik Hillestad.

Storis and Limpan - Storis and Limpan Band - 18.99 Swedish duo of Magnus "Storis" Holmstrom (nyckelharpa) and Tomas "Limpan" Lindberg (mandola, guitar, and Swedish buzoki), accompanied by other musicians As-Sirr - Luis Delgado - 14.99 This exploration by noted musician and scholar Luís Delgado centers on the medieval muwaxahas: a poetic form originating in Al-Andalus, which within a short time extended all over the medieval world. Lagos No Shaking - Tony Allen - 13.99 Reissue of 2006 classic from Afrobeat co-creator and master drummer Tony Allen pays tribute to the powerful sounds and rhythms of Allen's homeland of Lagos, Nigeria, marking a return to the classic percussion he contributed to Fela Kuti's Africa 70 and Egypt 80. The real thing, raw and uncut, recorded in Lagos over 10 nights with a 20-piece band, including the finest musicians in the city, not least deep horn-blasting from Lekan Animashaun (Baba Ani) and Show Boy from the killer Fela line-ups, and the palm-wine veteran Fatai Rolling Dollar, who adds his throaty, commanding tones and throbbing agidigbo thumb piano to four tracks. There are the R&B sensibilities of Yinka Davies and Omololu Ogunleye; and Muritala Adisa adds touches of ewe, a form of spoken praise-singing rooted in ancient Yoruba tradition. But the key element is, of course, Allen's powerful yet relaxed drumming, tempering the hard funk edges of classic Afrobeat with earthier Lagosian flavors. Indeed, while the album's observations on Lagos life Afro Baby The Evolution of the Afro Sound in Nigeria 1970-79 - VA - 17.99 2009 repress, first released in 2004. Nigeria in the 1970s had one the biggest recording industries on the continent as well as one of the most diverse. The fusion of African rhythms and culture with jazz, funk, soul, and rock was an Africa-wide phenomenon but nowhere was it more prolific and active than the cities and dancefloors of Nigeria. These twelve rarities highlight how the Afro-sound influenced all areas of the music scene and how it progressed throughout a very creative and energetic decade. From funky afro-jazz, soul and afro-highlife to big, dancefloor afro-beat Nigeria led the way in West Africa at the time. Following the success of the Ghana Soundz album released last year on Soundway we have diverted our attention to highlighting the Scene in Nigeria during the seventies. This album features only tracks that have never been released outside of Nigeria, and many of them were small underground releases there at the time appearing only on long deleted albums or 45's. All have been lovingly tracked The Compleat Dancing Master (allow 10 days for shipping) - Ashley Hutchings, et al - 17.99 Another pioneering sequence of music and readings connected with English country dance music throughout the centuries. Ashley Hutchings (bass) and John Kirkpatrick (button accordion) lead an enormous cast of actors and musicians through one of their finest albums, originally released in 1974 on Island Records. Back in print -- a tremendously entertaining and ambitious compendium of English traditional dance music played by some of England's finest folk-rock musicians. Following the extraordinarily successful Morris On, Ashley Hutchings and John Kirkpatrick returned to the studio to record this ambitious collection -- presenting a complete history of English traditional dance music played with brio and power, interspersed with leading actors reading from Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy and William Shakespeare. One of the very finest folk-rock records from the early 1970s golden age. This edition has new sleevenotes from Ashley and has been carefully remastered from the original master tapes. Guest musicians incl Morris On - Kirkpatrick, Thompson et al - 17.99 30th anniversary reissue of this folk-rock classic from 1972; one of the eccentric masterpieces of British electric folk. With Richard Thompson, Barry Dransfield, Ashley Hutchings, Dave Mattacks -- new sleevenotes by Hutchings. Carefully remastered from the original master tapes. I Am Eve - Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat - 18.99 A new work by Iranian sisters Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat is a step away from the more contemporary collaboration they made in 2007 with Norwegian musicians. This time around, they work with Iranian musicians playing ney, setar, bass, synth, oud, doudouk, kamancha, daf and other percussion), and with the composer, arranger and producer Atabak Elyasi. Contributors include Pasha Hanjani and Amir Eslami (ney), Shervin Mohajer (kamancha), Shahram Gholami (oud), Ali Razmi and Atabak Elyasi (setar), Reza Asgarzadeh (doudouk), Babak Riahipour (bass), Ali Rahimi (daf and percussion). Korrontzi - Korrontzi - 14.99 Modern basque folk music. Accordion, mandolin, acoustic guitar, bass, alboka, txistu, drums and percussions) and guests include Aritza Bergara-Iker Diez (txalaparta). The CD also contains a short film by Inaz Fernández and Carlos Juárez, about the lives of the old accordion players (trikitilari). Sweden; Musical Traditions - Peter Hedlund - 11.99 Peter Hedlund is considered Sweden's leading traditional player of the nyckelharpa, a keyed fiddle that was already in existence over 700 years ago. Played with a bow like a violin, the nyckelharpa also has keys like a hurdy-gurdy. This is a great bargain-priced introduction to his work. Sorrow of the River - Guo YaZhi - 16.99 Traditional and contemporary Chinese music performed on suona and other Chinese instruments. The suona (a traditional Chinese 'oboe' with roots in Central Asia) has a sound that is shrill, powerful and very loud. In northern China it is prominently played in festivals, military affairs and wedding processions.Here Guo YaZhi not only plays suona, but other reed instruments in ensemble with Chinese musicians including his wife He Tao on erhu, the two stringed Chinese violin. Listen Small Town Story - Zhang Ling Ling - 16.99 Popular, traditional and contemporary Chinese music performed on gu zheng (zither) with other musicians in supporting roles. This debut recording focuses on 'gu zheng' performance. The gu zheng, a plucked instrument with movable bridges that are used to tune anywhere from 15 to 25 strings, is considered the "parent instrument" of the Japanese koto, Mongolian yatga, Korean gayageum, and Vietnamese ?àn tranh. The modern gu zheng usually has 21 strings. Listen Art Vocal and Instrumental Art of the 19th Century - Aicha Redouane and Ensemble Al-Adwar - 16.99 Aïcha Redouane and the Ensemble Al-Adwar rediscover the art of wasla (a musical suite performed by a chamber orchestra - qanun zither, oud lute, kaman violin and riqq percussion), which reached its apogee in Cairo in the 19th century. It is a repertoire and a vocal technique that once seemed completely lost. Redouane, born in Morocco and raised in France, is a leading exponent of Arabic and Arabo-Andalusian music. Aïcha medorg1 Mille e una notte fà - Eugenio Bennato - 17.99 Musicians include Mimmo Epifani, Alfio Antico, Solis String Quartet and many many more. Jewish Cabaret in Exile - Philip V. Bohlman and New Budapest Orpheum Society - 19.99 Music By Kästner, Nick, Milner, Gebirtig, Eisler, Ellstein, Kreisler, Leopoldi, Katscher, Spoliansky, Schiffer, Ullmann, Tucholsky, Holländer. Includes extensive extensive essay, annotations, and bibliography. Performers: Stewart Miller, bass; Ilya Levinson, piano; Iordanka Kissiova, violin; Hank Tausend, drums; New Budapest Orpheum Society; Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano; Stewart Figa, baritone Panama! 2 - Latin Sounds, Cumbia Tropical and Calypso Funk on the Isthmus 1967–77 - VA - 16.99 The Panama Canal was built by a huge workforce from all over the Caribbean and South America, each nationality bringing a taste of their culture and music to make up the hugely diverse nation that exists today. After soaking up the varied influences of Panama's diverse population, the dancefloors and bars spat out a mix that took in the raw vallenato of neighboring Colombia, the soul and funk of America, the calypso of Trinidad and the son and rumba of Cuba, all combined and re-styled in a uniquely Panamanian fashion. Writer and compiler Roberto Ernesto Gyemant travelled throughout the country in search of elusive records and reclusive musicians, tracking down hopeful tips and half-remembered names and addresses. Two years of digging through dusty warehouses and old radio stations in search of crackly records and dusty photos led to an exhaustive look at the musical culture of this fascinating country. Includes a full-color, 24-page booklet with nuggets of vital information, untold stories behind the music, Opa Hey! - Kottarashky - 18.99 Kottarashky is a 21st century digital master musician with his hands sunk deep in the past - vintage Balkan field recordings, classic jazz and blues, psychedelic sounds, club beats and extraordinary, archetypal Gypsy voices, guttural shouts and lyrical laments are all molded and thrown into new shapes. The songs of his debut album “Opa Hey!” sound like tales told by a people who have all the time in the world: time to contemplate, enjoy, engage and dream; to take pleasure in unexpected twists and turns; to be inspired by the details and vividness of marginal existence. Kottarashky is an architect by vocation, which perhaps explains the palpable sense of place in his music. Summer trips to small villages and the marginal regions of Bulgaria were key source of inspiration for the album, and his music samples a broad palette of sources and influences - enigmatic field recordings by artists unknown alongside Boris Kovac, Les Yeux Noir, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Jony Iliev and compelling Hungarian singer Mitsou. The resulting digital pick-and-mix hits you like a panoramic puzzle of sounds collected and put together from a night's walk through the streets of Sofia. It is an ethno-music born of a city lacking cultural identity that is torn between contemporary European globalism, Balkan provincialism and a living if largely forgotten folk tradition. It's a music inspired by that environment but also in reaction to it, a journey down roads less travelled, through the Bulgarian backwoods and back via the laptop to the 21st century. Listen! Sonates orientales - Wassim Soubra - 19.99 Sonates orientales is an album of instrumental music performed by Lebanese pianist and composer Wassim Soubra. Is it classical music? Jazz? World music? No matter what, it deserves further investigation, for Soubra writes using the grammar of classical music (harmonies, counterpoint) combined with the sounds of his childhood, and the result is a western composition that tells an eastern, Lebanese story. The Kings of Benin: Urban Groove 1972-80 - T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - coming soon Originally released 2005, reissued 2009. From the Republic of Benin, West Africa, T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo is one of Africa's least-known big-bands outside of their home country. Here is a collection that reflects their many poly-rhythmic moods. A mixture of hard Afro-Funk, driving Afrobeat, deep Afro-Latin and Cuban grooves all with a unique flavor that ruled the dance-floors of 70's urban Benin. Contained here are never before heard tracks re-mastered and available for the first time outside of Africa since being originally issued on small vinyl presses that have long become extinct. Lila - Sidh - 17.99 Sidh presents a hybrid between the traditional sounds of the Gnawa and the rhythms and melodies of the Mediterranean. Young Italian-based Algerian musician Sidh (vocals, guembri, bendir, qraqueb) is joined by Riccardo Manzi (guitar and bouzouki), Renato Vecchio (saxophones, flute, duduk), Zaki Bedaida (acoustic guitar and vocals), Youcef Grim (percussion) and a vocal trio. Compagne grame - Ariondessa - 17.99 With former members of noted Italian ensembles (Tre Martelli, La Ciapa Rusa, Ombra Gaja), the band is bound to be in demand. This 2009 release offers up the mix of style and musicianship one would expect from such a pedigree. This chapter in the discography of the Piedmontese folk band comprises a unique calling card card of their region, with a new and original repertoire and personal, refined arrangements.Listen Ratapuntu - Talèh - 17.99 Ratapuntu is a term used in Sicilian to indicate the seam made with the sewing machine to obtain a finished edge. A metaphor of the artistic texture of this album: just like the accurate and delicate making of a tailored piece, Talèh honours the experience with this boisterous ensemble from Ragusa, who have represented the popular tradition of their land for over ten years. Listen La bella è entrata in ballo - Suonabanda - 17.99 This CD marks the return on the musical scene of one an historic bands, deeply involved in the Italian folk-revival in the 70s. They have brought back old songs that are part of Italian Apennines’ musical tradition as well as new pieces. At heart of the project are songs in celebration of the month of May. Listen Alba auba aurora aurore - Veziana - 17.99 Veziana, which means 'joyful' in medieval Occitan, is a French-Pyrenean group whose music is a crossroad of styles. From the Middle Ages to modern times, and on either side of the Pirénéus, a deep rich vein of sonorities, musical practices and emotions have undergone a process of assimilation and exchange. Veziana is also a sound in itself, characterized by ensembles of voices, viola da gamba, qanoun, harp, hurdy-gurdies, bag-pipes and percussion. Listen Tutto per amore - Andrea Capezzuoli e Compagnia - 17.99 Here he comes again, exactly a year after the publication of “Suonato coi piedi.” Their 2009 disc was designed to accompany dancing sessions but also dedicated to those who would rather wander with a musical ensemble that crosses the seas, docking at many ports, some very close and familiar, other remote and enchanting. Capezzuoli and his company of Italian musicians explore France, French Canada, England, Italy, the Mediterranean and more with voices, melodeon, organetto, saxophones and guitar. Listen Orchestra di Porta Palazzo - Orchestra di Porta Palazzo - 17.99 An album that visits music from all over the world from the unique urban viewpoint of Turino, a paradigm of a multicultural society that finds no other equivalent in Italy. Fourteen musicians, from Tunisia, Algeria, China, Cuba, Senegal, Nigeria, United States, Mauritius Islands and Italy give life to a work that is variegated and kaleidoscopic and that has the energy of a live concert and the elegance of a studio production. Listen Sahrauis: Music of Western Sahara - various - 43.99 3 CD box set with a substantial illustrated and illuminating book covers a vast range of the music from the Saharawi, a nomadic tribe in the western Sahara that is working towards independence from Morocco, currently and primarily living in Algerian camps. Sospiro - Faraualla - temp out of stock-17.99 Sospiro (whisper) is the third recording by the female vocal ensemble Faraualla. The name of the group derives from a deep hollow in the Murgia, the plateau of Puglia, a mysterious place that has inspired singers Teresa Vallarella, Gabriella Schiavone, Loredana Perrini and Paola Arnesano. They are joined by percussionists Cesare Pastanella and Pippo Ark D'Ambrosio. The Light-blue Tune - Anders Rosen and Jonas Akerlund - 18.99 Tunes from Västerdalarna, the West Dales, from Transtrand to Nås: Fiddlers Anders Rosén and Jonas Åkerlund present music from the villages along Västerdalälven, the West Dales River. Listen From Dance Halls, Forests, Gipsy Camps and Circus Tents - Wille Toors - 18.99 Finally back in print! Från logar, skogar, zigenarläger och cirkustält - Often called the most creative and original fiddler of Swedish tradition, the Paganini of the Great Forests presents his vision of the countryside in these 25 tunes. Fest - Fotefar and Håvard Lund - 18.99 FEST is the first CD from the folk trio Fotefar (Footprints) and clarinet player Håvard Lund. The trio is Lena Jinnegren, Bendik Lund Haanshus and Ragnhild Furebotten. Lena, from Sweden, has deep roots in rock, folk music and folk ballads. Ragnhild was nominated for the same award in 2008 for her solo CD "Endelig vals" (Finally a waltz). Bendik trained at the music conservatory in Trondheim, and plays in the group KADO and the tango music band Orangutango. Håvard is artist in residence for the cultural centre in Troms county, and now has a permanent position there as a musician, composer and arranger. He has played with the band Farmers Market, with Frode Fjellheim of Transjoik and collaborated with Trygve Seim. Føroysk Løg - Fiddling Faroes - 16.99 Poul Bjerager Christiansen and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen bring two generations of Faroese fiddling together in both traditional and contemporary settings, accompanied by organ, voices and more. Listen | Listen Duologues - Yggdrasil - 16.99 Faroese composer Kristian Blak creates new works with the Danish painter Anders Hjuler. They imagine "duologues' between ancient and modern figures from philosophy and literature (Beatrice and Dante; Munch and Nietzsche; Mandela and Dalia Lama, Lao Tse and Confucius) performed by the reknowned Nordic ensemble Yggdrasil. Reptilica Polaris - Afenginn - 16.99 the band says: "In the dark uniform western hemisphere, where rationality and stress seems to be the new religion, a small distant light is now appearing. Deeply rooted in the faith and tradition of sincere musical virtuosity and sheer madness, the new release from the acrobatic Danish deviates Afenginn, must challenge the stagnate state of every part-time depressed citizen of modern society. In a challenging unpretentious head-on collision with the conformity of well polished musical mainstream, this one-of-a-kind polyethnic contrastic Balkan-Scandinavian music blend will make every honest delirium-connoisseur go into ruptures. The music is best defined as Bela Bartok drinking schnappses of melancholic nordic klezmer with Mike Patton." 'Nuff said. Himmerlandsmelodier - Eskil Romme - 16.99 The Danish saxophone and accordion player, Eskil Romme, is a man of relatively few words, but a lot of idealism. He performs a mix of traditional and contemporary Nordic and Celtic music,a nd with his wife, he also runs an organic farm, so he knows a bit about 'roots.'. The CD features accordion player Karen Tweed (UK), the piano player Peter Rosendal (DK) and the violinist Ditte Fromseier Mortensen (DK). He is also joined by guitarist Morten Alfred Høirup, who says of Romme, "if you have a listen to the music, I am sure that you'll agree that this is a beautiful and truely original piece of work, one of the kind that stays in your head and makes you wonder." Akrobakkus - Afenginn - 16.99 fRoots says: 'Denmark's favorite madmen (the closest analogy as far as bizarre humor goes is 3 Mustaphas 3) are back with more of what's become their stock-in-trade: Balkan-influenced original music that veers from the bizarre to the sublime. The music, by mandolin player Kim Nyberg, is delightfully complex and full, bringing in not only the five-piece band but a number of guests here and there. The musicianship is wonderful throughout (just listen to clarinetist Rasmus Krøyer wail, or the solos from bassist Andrzej krejniuk) and the sense of strange fun is as palpable as on their previous discs (you have to love a band that lists "trash" among their instruments). The liner notes are as interesting and amusing as the music and that's saying a lot. They've developed into a worldclass eccentric group, even though there's little of Denmark in their sound (okay, absolutely nothing). Take them for what they are, which is wonderful, and enjoy. Pure madness' Cantors, Klezmorim And Crooners 1905-1953 - Various - 26.99 Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection features 67 selections on 3 CDs, and 42 of those tracks have never before been on CD. Includes 72-page illustrated book with track annotations by Henry Sapoznik. Trova - Marta Topferova - 17.99 The music of Marta Topferova, the Czech-born, New York-based singer and songwriter, fuses a range of Latin American musical styles and rhythms that Topferova has studied and mastered since her childhood in Prague. Described as “a leading light of the nueva cancion movement,” Topferova’s blends of folk and jazz is conveyed through her silky hypnotic vocals and her crisp cuatro and guitar playing. Trova, her latest release on World Village, continues this extraordinary artist's growth and development of her own unique and decidedly sexy Latin groove. Rembetika 4: The Postwar Years 1946-1954 - Vassilis Tsitsanis - special order-please e-mail me-29.99 4 CD's, 92 tracks by this Greek musical legend, songwriter and bouzouki master Vassilis Tsitsánis, who was born in 1915 and become one of the mot prolific purveyors of "Greek outlaw blues" in recording history. Tungen ud af vinduet - Trio THG - 16.99 The trio of Andreas Tophoj on violin, Sigurd Hockings on guitar, and Michael Graubaek on violin stick their "Tongue Out of the Window" on this excellent new folk disc from Denmark.

Credit card orders are placed on a secure server.